No visa needed

Do citizens of the Solomon Islands need a visa for Rwanda?

Citizens of the Solomon Islands don’t need a visa for Rwanda and can stay up to 30 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of the Solomon Islands: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Honiara — Kigali: ≈ 14,320 km, about 18.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Rwanda without a visa on a Solomon Islands passport?

Yes, citizens of the Solomon Islands don’t need a visa for Rwanda for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Rwanda visa rules at a glance

With a Solomon Islands passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 27 with a visa on arrival and 51 with an e-visa; 36 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Solomon Islands passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Solomon Islands passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Rwanda passport: 29.
Citizens of the Solomon Islands and Rwanda can travel together visa-free to 18 countries, for example: Vanuatu, Micronesia, Kiribati, Philippines, Singapore, Mauritius, Seychelles, Ecuador, Tanzania, Palestine, Uganda, Haiti, Grenada, Dominica, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
A language both countries share: English.
Citizens of Rwanda, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands visa for citizens of Rwanda

Travelling to Rwanda: good to know

Honiara — Kigali: about 14,320 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 18.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −9 hours.
Local time: Honiara 12:00 — Kigali 03:00.
Local currency: Rwandan Franc.
Languages: English, French, and Kinyarwanda.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ RWF 1,479.
Rwanda is the 122nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Solomon Islands.